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419502

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date	17/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2015 to the hon. Member for East Ham to Question 9951, if she will make it her policy to include attainment at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 in the education indicator in her Department's proposed Life Chances report.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Harry Harpham
uin	10563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Education is important which is why we are legislating to introduce new life chances measures of worklessness and educational attainment at the end of Key Stage 4, which is the culmination of formal education, for children in England. The department will continue to publish other educational data in relation to attainment at Key Stages 1 and 2.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/10/2015 10:44:16 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4477 label Biography information for Harry Harpham

419085

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to review the school funding formula to ensure fair funding for schools in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
uin	10446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>We are committed to making schools funding fairer and will come forward with our proposals for this in due course. These will include proposals about how to ensure that schools in rural areas are funded fairly.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/10/2015 10:53:03 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh

419176

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) two years old and (b) three to four years old have been signed up to free early education in (i) the UK, (ii) London and (iii) Bethnal Green and Bow constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	10519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Funded early education for two-year-olds was first introduced in September 2013 and first reported in 2014 in the statistical publication “Provision for children under-five years of age in England”. This is available online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-childcare-and-early-years" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-childcare-and-early-years</a>. Figures are provided at national, regional and local authority level. Information at constituency level is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/10/2015 10:42:47 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

419177

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support the Government provides to local authorities to increase the uptake of free early education.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	10518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Take-up of the entitlement to free early education for three- and four-year-olds is already very high – reaching 96% across England in January 2015.</p><p>The entitlement for disadvantaged two-year-olds was introduced September 2013. This was by extensive marketing activity, including radio, posters and through social media. The government supports local authorities in securing high take-up for this entitlement by providing them with information on parents believed to be eligible for the entitlement. This enables direct communication, marketing and support to be provided to parents so that they can access the entitlement for their child.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/10/2015 10:54:08 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

418888

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Guidance: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are being taken to ensure the impartiality of the online careers advice service recommended in the Department's statutory guidance to schools.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	10323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The statutory guidance for schools on careers guidance and inspiration, published by the Department for Education, underpins the duty on schools to secure independent careers guidance for pupils in years 8-13. Organisations and careers services named throughout the statutory document and the accompanying non-statutory document are provided as examples of good practice and are not specifically endorsed by government. It is for schools to decide how best to fulfil their legal requirements in accordance with the needs of their pupils, and online careers advice services may form part of their independent careers provision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As stated in the statutory guidance, the National Careers Service offers information and professional advice about education, training and work to adults and young people aged 13 years and over. Pupils and their parents can access support via a website, helpline and web chat. The National Careers Service contractors, website and helpline advisers all hold and adhere to the government’s Matrix Standard, the recognised national quality standard for information, advice and guidance services. Award of the Standard is contingent on the provision of an impartial, professional service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 22/09/2015 09:36:04 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch